Conscious Commuting
By Kyle Hickey Student Assistant for the UCLA Office of Sustainability After nearly a year and a half of online instruction, the time is finally coming for the long-awaited return…
Seeing Sustainability Blog
Shopping Sustainably on Amazon
By Kyle Hickey Student Assistant for the UCLA Office of Sustainability As we have retreated into our homes during this pandemic, many of us have turned to online shopping to…
Sustainable Graduation
By Kikei Wong UCLA Zero Waste Manager Graduation is a time of celebration. We all crave that picture-perfect moment with confetti, glitter, champagne, and balloons. However, these products litter the…
Celebrate the Holidays with a Toyon Trek
By Liz Kennedy Director of Ethical Labor and Sustainability at Trademarks & Licensing, ASUCLA While we all remain vigilant to be safe and not crowded inside during the coming holiday…
Make this Thanksgiving the Cleanest, Greenest Ever
By Liz Kennedy Director of Ethical Labor and Sustainability at Trademarks & Licensing, ASUCLA As we travel fewer miles from home this year to stay safe during the pandemic, Thanksgiving…
Youth Practices For Sustainability
By Tania G. Malik High School Student in Singapore, Prospective UCLA Student Climate change and its adverse effects are rapidly becoming more worrisome. Consequently, our way of living faces intimidating…
Sustainable Recipes
By Niklas van der Wagt, Nikita Sridhar, and Samantha Smithies UCLA Carbon Neutrality Ambassadors Easy Pea-sy Pesto Pasta This is one of my favorite go-to meals! You can make the…
Selling Food In Styrofoam
By Niklas van der Wagt UCLA Carbon Neutrality Ambassadors The intersection between the COVID-19 pandemic and sustainability is as interesting as it is complicated. One easily identifiable symptom of the…
Coronavirus and Climate Change
By James Evans UCLA Health Sustainability Programs Manager My friends and colleagues alike know I spend most of my free time in the mountains rock climbing. This past weekend, in the…
COVID-19, BLM, and Environmental Racism
By Devon Bhakta UCLA Carbon Neutrality Ambassador “That’s probably not healthy,” I remember thinking as I looked up at the crop duster flying low over my head, dispensing pesticides out…